8 ways not to bully according to the Fair Work Commissions Anti-bullying Benchbook

8 ways not to bully according to the Fair Work Commissions Anti-bullying Benchbook

20 September 2016

The Fair Work Commissions Anti-bullying Benchbook is designed to assist parties lodging or responding to anti-bullying applications under the Fair Work Act 2009. It has been arranged to reflect the process users would follow when applying for a order to stop bullying in the workplace.

According to the benchbook, the following are 8 ways not to bully:

Behave in a reasonable manner

Don’t be aggressive or intimidating

Don’t make belittling or humiliating comments

Don’t victimise workers

Don’t spread malicious rumours

Don’t make practical jokes or participate in ‘initiation’ of new workers

Don’t exclude workers from work-related events

Don’t have unreasonable work expectations

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